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"It's Ariana," Ariana answered placing the food down.

"I'm Nathaniel." Nathaniel revealed to her. "I must say you are a lifesaver."

"Oh," she said preparing some coffee, "do you drink coffee. We ghouls can digest it, so you won't get sick if you have some."

"I'm not some new ghoul who's wet behind the ears, I'd love some coffee."

Ariana prepared two cups of coffee and brought them to the table. She gave the one with a bit more coffee in it to Nathaniel, as he was her guest. Nathaniel meanwhile was ravenously devoured the food in front of him.

"Wow you are hungry."

"Well an expanded stomach doesn't help much." Nathaniel said as he finished his food.

"Oh you're a binge eater." Ariana took a bite of flesh.

"My mother was a binge eater." Nathaniel sipped his coffee. "Hmm, this is pretty mediocre."

"What do you know about making coffee?" Ariana asked defensively.

"I just had some in the 20th ward that was really good. It was in this small coffee shop and one server smelled like a girl despite his male appearance."

"Never been there." Ariana responded.

"No matter, I'm still kind of hungry. Want to go hunt some more?"

"I don't want to get the doves suspicious."

"Then we'll go hunt in other ward. By the way what ward are we in?"

"Just one ward over, in the 10th."

"Okay that's good. I have to get back to them soon."

"Get back to who?" Ariana asked confused.

"I have a couple of uh... friends in the 13th ward."

"Why the pause?" Ariana asked highly suspicious of Nathaniel now.

"They're friends!" Nathaniel yelled defensively before his stomach growled, "Also we should better get going."

"In what ward?"

"How about the 9th? We can blame it on the tree organization."

"Do I get a bite?" Ariana asked sipping the remainder of her coffee. "You did eat the arm I was going to."

Nathaniel nodded. "We'll be fine. So yeah."

Ariana walked closely behind Nathaniel. She still didn't fully trust this newcomer and the pause didn't help him. Suddenly she stopped, Nathaniel was trailing two doves.

"Does this guy have a death wish?" she whispered to herself before asking him, "Do you know what you're doing?"

"Do you have your mask on?" he asked turning to her

"My face is wrapped." she answered.

"Good, follow my lead." Nathaniel whispered trying to look casual.

"You sure you know what you're doing?" Ariana asked still unsure about the situation.

"Yes, doves have a good mix of muscle, the flesh is good, but the vengeance is sweeter" he answered.

"I mean for an attack plan, they could have quinques on them."

"They didn't, they had no boxes, no quinques…" he replied gravely.

"You sure do know a lot about doves," Ariana said as she backed away slightly.

He turned to Ariana. "Knowing is half the battle" he said as his retinas turned black and his irises turned red. "Let's go."

Ariana followed Nathaniel with caution. This boy couldn't possibly be hungry enough to eat two doves, even if he was a binge eater.

Nathaniel's lower back bubbled and two magenta tentacles popped out of his back and he started to run at the dove pair. Ariana released her ukaku letting the bat like wings spread out. Nathaniel struck one of the suited men through the back, almost instantly snapping his spine, killing him. The other man grabbed a pipe on the ground and hit Nathaniel in the head.

"Augh! Ariana!" he called out to her for backup

At that moment Ariana rushed over. Raising her wings she shot out spikes hitting the other dove, knocking him to the ground. Jumping upon him she shot another spike into his stomach. After a few minutes of screams of agony he was dead.

Nathaniel got back up and started eating. "Thanks for the help" he said as he started regenerating.

"No problem," she said to him. Ripping off a dead dove's arm she bit into it.

"You happy now?" Nathaniel smirked as he devoured the bodies.

"Yes," she answered taking another bite.

Ariana walked into her apartment and sighed. It felt good to be home. Nathaniel walked in after her, content with his meal. Lying on the couch Ariana finally got a moment to rest all night.

"Hey can I stay here for the night?" Nathaniel asked after poking her.

"Eh why not," she answered.

"Where can I sleep?" Nathaniel asked with a small burp. "Oh excuse me."

"You can sleep here," Ariana stood up from where she was lying down, "I'll get you the spare blanket and pillows."

"Do you always have guests here?" he asked her jokingly.

"It's when Roxanne crashes here," Ariana admitted leaving the room. Walking into her bedroom she opened up the closet and pulled out the blanket and pillows. Carrying them out she found Nathaniel on the couch fast asleep.

"Wow he really was tired," Ariana said walking over to him. Careful not to wake him she slowly lifted his head and placed the pillow under it. Taking the blanket she draped it over him making sure every inch of him was covered. As she was about to leave she couldn't help but notice that Nathaniel had hint of a smile on his face.

"He does seem sort of nice," Ariana admitted to herself, "even if there are a ton of things I don't know about him."

Nathaniel snored softly and contently on the couch. Unconsciously he brought the blanket close to him and rubbed his head against the pillow.

"He is also sort of cute when he's asleep." Ariana laughed a bit before walking inside her room. Lying on her bed she saw her phone turn on. Picking it up she noticed a text from Roxanne.

So how's the kid doing? The text asked.

He's doing fine Ariana replied

Do you still need food from me for him?

No he's fine

Ok talk to you later

Okay later Ariana turned her phone off and placed it back on her nightstand. Turning to her side she quickly fell asleep.

AN: Another chapter done. I have to thank Ender for helping me with the action scene. He als wrote most of Nathaniel's dialogue and actions. I wrote for Ariana. See you next chapter.